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Can you genes every change to suddenly get fap when you didn't have it before?
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No: The familial adenomatous polyposis (fap) gene (apc) exhibits dominant inheritance where affected individuals have one normal and one abnormal copy of the gene. A person can have fap due to a new apc gene mutation (without their parents having it) but this gene would be present at conception.
Answered 12/7/2014
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No: genes do not change without extraordinary circumstances.
Answered 12/23/2018
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